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November 17, 2021: Brandon Routh Talks "Kingdom Come" Superman

Even though 2006's "Superman Returns" had its problems, fans were widely happy with Brandon Routh's portrayal of the Man of Steel, and were extremely pleased to see the Iowa-born actor return to the blue tights and red cape in The CW's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" TV crossover. In that story Routh took on the role of an older Superman who had experienced tragedy similar to the story told in 1997's "Kingdom Come" Elseworlds comic book saga.

Unlike recent comic books and animated movies (such as "Injustice"), Routh's "Kingdom Come" Superman had witnessed The Joker kill almost everyone at the Daily Planet in a gas attack, including Lois Lane. Instead of breaking under the stress, Routh's Superman adopted a change to his costume's color scheme to reflect his mourning, and fought on.

In an interview with ComicBook.com, Brandon Routh says that he is "absolutely" open to the idea of reprising the role of Superman, "given the story is the right story and Superman portrayed in the way that I see Superman. I was absolutely always interested in that. I have made my own investigations about the possibility of something like that. Right now, the truth is that we're flush with Superman stuff, with the success of Superman & Lois - and Tyler's doing an awesome job on that - and then there's a couple scripts and stuff going around for features, I think, in different iterations at Warner Bros."

With 2022's "The Flash" movie opening up the possibilities that come with a Multiverse, there's always the possibility of having multiple Supermen show up on the big screen.

"It's hard to say what the next few years will bring, but where I used to say, I didn't think I'd ever play Superman again, having been able to play him again in 'Crisis,' now I say, the sky's the limit. Who knows?"

While he won't be appearing as Superman any time soon, Routh is reprising his role as The Atom on the 5-part "Armageddon" crossover on The CW's "The Flash".

2021 Television News

Listed below are all the Television News items archived for 2021 organized into various categories:

'Supergirl' TV Series News: 'Superman and Lois' TV Series News: 'DC Super Hero Girls' Animated Series News: 'My Adventures With Superman' Animated Series News: 'Titans' Series News: 'Young Justice' Animated Series News: Other Superman Related Television News:

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